
Psephoderma Temporal range: Late Triassic | |
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An artist's illustration of Psephoderma alpinum | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Sauropsida |
Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
Order: | †Placodontia |
Family: | †Placochelyidae |
Genus: | †Paraplacodus Meyer, 1858 |
Referred species | |
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Psephoderma is a Placodontid from late Triassic Italy. Like Placochelys, this is another example of convergent evolution between Placodonts and turtles.